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Yangchan was on her way to the temple, or gompa, with her mother
and sister to make an offering when I first met them. The Shey gompa
houses the largest Buddha statue in Ladakh, the most remote state
in India. Known as “Little Tibet,” Ladakh is actually
more Tibetan than Tibet itself since it has not been subjected to
the repressive domination of the Chinese government. Tibetan
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